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Digitally Facilitated Gentrification in Shanghai's Historic Urban Landscapes: The (Re)distribution of Aesthetic Sensibilities Through Social Media Platforms

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Drawing on Rancière's “politics of aesthetics,” this paper frames digitally facilitated gentrification as a battleground for visibility and associated value extraction between different stakeholders and investigates how aesthetic sensibilities are redistributed through social media.
Chenxin Wan, Shenjing He
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Identity formation through cultural expression: Exploring Chinese spaces of ethnic consumption in Sydney, Australia

Area, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2026.
Short Abstract This paper examines how Chinese‐run commercial spaces in Hurstville, Sydney, function as dynamic platforms for immigrant identity formation, highlighting the interplay of ethnicity, nationality, and national origin. Through mixed‐methods research, the study reveals the complex ways in which cultural expression, consumer perceptions, and ...
Yingfei Wang, Weijie Hu
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Summary Progress Report: Active Living by Design Grant Program [PDF]

, 2009
Evaluates the outcomes of RWJF's five-year initiative designed to enhance built environments and facilitate physical activity. Examines community partnerships' impact on fundraising, media coverage, programs, policy and planning, and physical ...

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Runnability correlates: Results of environmental scans in Vancouver

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 70, Issue 2, Summer / été 2026.
Abstract As recreational running grows in popularity, the concepts of runnability and runnable cities have emerged as important dimensions of urban livability. This study examined the environmental characteristics of Vancouver's most popular running routes to determine what makes a city runnable.
Ashley D. Tegart, Nadine Schuurman, Brandon Drucker, Scott A. Lear   +3 more
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The Arrival Grid: Public Space as Migrant Social Infrastructure in Central Lisbon

The Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 1, March 2026.
Short Abstract This study examines how central urban public spaces in Lisbon function as infrastructures of arrival, mediating migrant integration in everyday life and space. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a spatial insight at Martim Moniz Square and Benformoso Street, the paper introduces the concept of the arrival grid as a socio‐spatial ...
Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro
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Automatic method to predict visual pleasantness and unpleasantness of streetscapes and identify key microscale components for improving pedestrian environments

Developments in the Built Environment
Despite advances in computer vision-based streetscape evaluation, studies often overlook the influence of diverse microscale components and attributes like materials and combinations.
Meesung Lee, Byungjoo Choi, Sungjoo Hwang   +2 more
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Alternative Approaches and Tools for the Transformation of Streetscapes; Direct Physical Interventions and Different Modes of Participation

Prostor, 2018
The paper presents an overview of a broad range of approaches and tools leading to the substantial spatial and functional transformation of the city streets with the aim to improve the quality of life in urban environments.
Kaja Pogačar, Peter Šenk
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Roots of resilience: Assessing child and adolescent nature connectivity in the Mediterranean Region of Murcia (Spain)

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 378-391, February 2026.
Abstract Children today spend less time outdoors than previous generations, with potential consequences for health, learning and pro‐environmental attitudes. We assessed children's connection with and exposure to nature in a Mediterranean setting using the Nature Connection and Experience Index (NCEI), a composite measure that integrates an affective ...
Juan Antonio Ortega‐García, Francisco Díaz‐Martínez, Laura Teresa Cabrera‐Rivera, Carmen Alicia Cánovas‐Conesa, Elena Codina, Rebeca Ramis, Luz Claudio   +6 more
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Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment

American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, Page 272-285, January 2026.
Abstract Religious establishment today often takes a multifaith form, whereby multiple religions are supported in different ways and to different degrees. In order to contribute to the development of a normative framework for assessing practices and regimes of multifaith establishment, this article recommends the concept of “social alienation ...
Andrew Shorten
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Sensing streetscapes

, 2021
Voor u ligt het booklet Sensing Streetscapes: perspectieven op verdichting. Het bundelt de interviews van elf ontwerpbureaus, drie gemeentelijke senior stedenbouwers, de voormalige rijksadviseur, vijf mondiale academische pioniers van de neuro-architectuur en een verkenning naar negen bijzondere Chinese woningbouwprojecten.
Suurenbroek, Frank, Spanjar, Gideon, Schramkó, Sába, de Bildt, Lyske Gais   +3 more
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